Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

Service Delivery

· To work under the supervision of a Biomedical Scientist within departmentally

agreed policies relating to data entry and specimen handling and preparation,

ensuring that sufficient attention is paid to detail for the work being

undertaken

· Assist in training of new or less experienced support staff and to act as their

mentor

· To rotate through assigned sections of the department as required

· Expected to plan and prioritise own workload

· Must adhere to SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures)

· After training perform test procedures as required

· To undertake data entry of patient and diagnostic information using the Trust

and laboratory IT systems

· To attend laboratory meetings when appropriate

· To help to promote a favourable departmental image by dealing courteously

and effectively with members of the public and with all other staff

· Bench housekeeping and monitoring of certain equipment (e.g. fridges,

freezers, incubators)

Respond to telephone enquiries from staff in both primary and secondary care · Clerical duties as directed (filing, photocopying, labels etc.) · To take responsibility for own learning and development by recognising and taking advantage of all opportunities to learn, including full participation in appraisal, supervision and action · To undergo all training as required for the above duties and any others that may be specific to individual departments

Technical

· Sort specimens on arrival in the laboratory

· Primary technical processing of samples including inoculating culture plates, setting up smears for microscopy, staining of smears etc

· To use laboratory equipment under supervision and ensure it is maintained correctly

· To operate certain analysers within the department under supervision of

Biomedical Scientist staff (value up to £75K)

· Responsible for setting up and processing of specified ELISA & Molecular

Assays on automated equipment

· Responsible for setting up antibiotic sensitivity tests under supervision of

BMS

Governance & Quality

· To comply with quality standards determined by UKAS including provision of support for audit programmes as identified

· To work within Quality Management System, departmentally agreed policies and SOP’s

· To report any deficiencies in Quality promptly to the Quality Lead and/or

Quality Manager

· To verify that full patient details are provided and that they correlate between sample and request

· To verify that correct samples are received for the tests requested

· Ensure compliance with Trust policies, procedures and guidelines for self and others, by taking action/alerting senior management team if practice appears to contravene policy, or if concerned about any aspect of patient care

· To ensure that laboratory equipment used is maintained properly

· Conducts basic audits as directed by senior staff, e.g. recording origins of

all unlabelled or inadequately labelled samples or leaking specimens

· Expected to comment on and suggest changes to working practices in their

area which would improve service and benefit the team

· Responsible for completing documents in accordance with ISO 15189

requirements

· Responsible for maintaining competency in all laboratory sections

· Responsible for reading and acknowledging SOPs appropriate to job role

· Responsible for attending and taking part in section team meetings

· Must participate in annual review (appraisal) and keep mandatory training

up to date

Stock, Equipment and Other Resources

· To ensure sufficient stocks are available to maintain service delivery

· Deal with deliveries as appropriate, including unpacking and storing in

appropriate areas, e.g. fridge, freezer, room temp. Disposing of delivery

wrapping appropriately

· Responsible for good stock rotation

· Record batch numbers of each delivery of goods for quality and audit

purposes

· Assist with replenishment of in-use consumables for use of all staff on a

daily basis

· Responsible for informing the associate practitioner when stock required.

· Responsible for stock-taking media supplies

· When required place orders for reagents and consumables using Trust and

Manage Service provider systems

H&S / Risk

· Responsible ensuring a safe working environment, according to Laboratory Health and Safety Manual

· To undergo all mandatory training as required by the Trust

· To undergo all training as required for the above duties and any others that

may be specific to individual departments

· Responsible for safe disposal of certain items of infectious waste, e.g. old

samples, waste bins

· Responsible for safe packaging of samples for referral to other laboratories, in accordance with legal requirements for transport of biohazardous samples